Reed Valve replacement in an early 80's 50hp Mercury

[RumRiverRat]

Anyone familiar with this repair?

Mechanic said it is about 10 hours of labor to tear down the motor and replace the part.

He said he would not fix it, said it was not worth dumping that kind of money into this motor.

Motor has great compression, excellent and even spark, great fuel flow.

I am mechanically inclined, is this something that I could attempt to do on my own?

[delcecchi]

If I knew your email a pdf of the section from the service manual might show up in your inbox.

I would give it a try, but my motto is fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

[jac714]

If you decide to give it a try, I have a few of the special tools you'll need.